Thank you, coop, Errors and Varieties, and John1. Yes, I will put this coin in a 2x2 as an example of a very, very, late stage die strike. 25 cents is cheap to add to my examples collection. Which now consists of this coin, an acid-etched quarter and several grease-filled die strikes, none of which data points I knew anything about three days ago!
This website is awesome! I am a 66 yr. old (now retired) finance and energy professional who has been a numismatist since my Dad got me hooked in the early Sixties.
I am only two months into learning die varieties and errors and coin roll hunting. BTW, it was all those YouTube coin channels that started popping up in my Google News feed that drew me back into active status as a numismatist. Then came a copy of the 2020 Whitman
Red Book, a Kindle copy of the fifth edition of the Cherrypicker's Guide, and a learning of the value of the PCGS website, its pricing guide and population report in particular. Next came two local coin shows, and CRH (so far!) about $1,700 worth of quarters and halves.
I love CRH as it is not a capital intensive (except for keepers!) hobby. The time and patience it takes is not a problem now (see retired status above). But the main ingredient in successful CRH seems to be (beyond level one silver hunters) having specific knowledge of that denomination you are CRH'ing. The gaining of such specific knowledge for me has only begun for
Washington quarters and
Kennedy halves.
I still have to work on creating valuable coin checklists for pennies, nickels, dimes and modern dollars since 1971. Then and only then does it make sense to begin CRH on these denominations.
All of these new activities are giving me the most fun I have had in the last ten years!
Forgive me for this long ramble; I guess this is my welcome post to CCF now that I know what CCF is worth.
Thanks again for YOUR patience with a newbie.
Morgan Guy
p.s. I love to write
Posted 12/01/2019 12:58 pm
